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Effects of lipid extraction on the isotopic values of sea turtle bone collagen
2015; Inter-Research; Volume: 23; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3354/ab00628
ISSN2195-2744
AutoresLuciana Medeiros, D da Silveira Monteiro, Roberta Petitet, Leandro Bugoni,
Tópico(s)Turtle Biology and Conservation
ResumoAB Aquatic Biology Contact the journal Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections AB 23:191-199 (2015) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00628 FEATURE ARTICLE Effects of lipid extraction on the isotopic values of sea turtle bone collagen Luciana Medeiros1,2,*, Danielle da Silveira Monteiro2,3,4, Roberta Petitet1,2, Leandro Bugoni1,2 1Laboratório de Aves Aquáticas e Tartarugas Marinhas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Campus Carreiros, Avenida Itália s/n, CP 474, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil 2Programa de Pós-Graduação em Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Campus Carreiros, Avenida Itália s/n, CP 474, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil 3Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Avenida Itália s/n, CP 474, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil 4Núcleo de Educação e Monitoramento Ambiental (NEMA), Rua Maria Araújo 450, 96207-480, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil *Corresponding author: lumedeiros.silva@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Many stable isotope analysis (SIA) studies aim to track protein, which is assimilated in animal tissues from their food sources, to assess feeding ecology, movements, and ontogenetic shifts of marine animals. Lipids are known to be a potential source of bias because they are depleted in 13C compared to 12C. Although lipids are usually removed before SIA, there is a lack of standardized analytical protocols for this procedure. We tested the effects of lipid extraction with 2 chemical solvents (chloroform-methanol and petroleum ether) in the humeri of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta to establish a standard protocol for processing the bone collagen of marine animals and to develop a mathematical correction. In both lipid extraction treatments, δ13C values were higher than the control, but only lipid extraction with chloroform-methanol showed significant differences. By contrast, the δ15N values were not affected by lipid extraction treatments with either solvent. The linear regression between the C:Nbulk ratio and Δ13C was not significant, which does not support the assumption that there is a predictable relationship between the C:N ratio and lipid content. Nevertheless, a significant positive relationship between Δ13C and δ13Cbulk was observed, but such a model is not recommended as a mathematical lipid correction method because the model efficiency had a negative value, which indicates that the mean value of δ13Cle is a better predictor than the model itself. These results suggest that lipid extraction should be taken into account in SIA of bone collagen tissues for accurate δ13C determination. KEY WORDS: Collagen · Lipid extraction · Lipid normalization · Sea turtle · Reptiles · Stable isotope analysis Full text in pdf format Information about this Feature Article NextCite this article as: Medeiros L, da Silveira Monteiro D, Petitet R, Bugoni L (2015) Effects of lipid extraction on the isotopic values of sea turtle bone collagen. Aquat Biol 23:191-199. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00628 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in AB Vol. 23, No. 3. Online publication date: March 16, 2015 Print ISSN: 1864-7782; Online ISSN: 1864-7790 Copyright © 2015 Inter-Research.
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